LeBrun: Teams have told me "they're still in" on Kane
/Pierre LeBrun was on Winnipeg’s TSN 1290 on Friday afternoon.
On if there’s still interest in acquiring Evander Kane before the trade deadline, given the surgery news:
“Yeah, there still is some interest. There’s a couple of teams that have told me they’re still in - I’m not going to name them - because they view him as a long-term investment.
“I think some of the teams we can name that are out now that probably had interest, had he not been injured – Pittsburgh, Boston, Anaheim are among a long list of contenders I think that were going to give this a pretty good look to see what it would take. Now that’s he’s gone 4-6 months, I think it’s clear those teams are not in anymore.
“So yeah, we’ll see. I still think it’s possible. There’s still teams calling. I still think it’s possible they move him before March 2, but not a sure thing.”
Source: TSN 1290/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey
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